STORY (^) CHERYL ONG MAIN PHOTO CHEE YAN
stage, especially when
I saw so many people
sitting below, I felt like,
“Wow, filming the show
[Trapped Minds] was
very tough, but worth
it.”
Let’s talk a bit about
your speech. You
made a humorous
twist out of Bobby
Au Yeung’s speech. (Laughs) Bobby and I
know each other. We met when he came
here to film [2001 Ch 8 drama] Here I
Come. Back then, both of us, with [Li]
Nanxing, chit-chatted over tea. Earlier
on [at the ATA], we also rubbed
shoulders. So I know he can take a
joke. When he said his wife has never
scolded him, I was very touched. My
wife has scolded me ’cos I often make
mistakes (laughs). But then, I thought
of how I have never scolded my wife.
Not even once over the past 32
years? I don’t dare to! (Laughs) ’Cos I’ve done many
“shameful” deeds (guffaws). Most of the time, she’s the
one helping me. Like, I’d leave the door keys hanging at
the front door when I leave the house. Or my car keys
would go missing. I’d also forget to shut the windows
Family photo time!
Houren with Mediacorp
CEO Tham Loke Kheng (centre)
and the rest of the Mediacorp
family after the awards.
Mediacorp was named Terrestrial
Broadcaster of the Year for the
fifth consecutive year. This win
is also the 14th time in the
award show’s 22-year history
that Mediacorp has won
the accolade.
and the rainwater
would come in
— stuff like that
vexes her. After she
married me, she
became a full-time
housewife. And we
have three sons at
home. So it’s not
easy.
Earlier in the group
interview, you
mentioned that you won’t be celebrating,
and that having all the reporters swarming
around you was celebration enough. How
do I say this? At normal interviews, actors
like us [are not the talking point]. Every time
there’s a press con for a new drama, we
[the older actors] would just sit there and
eat. We also won’t go and feed news [to
the reporters], and they also won’t [interview
us] ’cos we’re all too familiar with each other.
But tonight, I won an award. And [one of the
reporters] reminded me that this is a regional award.
And no other actor [in Singapore won]. So tonight, it feels
like I’ve outshone everyone. I even got to stand next to
our boss [Mediacorp CEO Tham Loke Kheng] during the
photo-taking session (laughs). Normally... people of my
age should know our place. But tonight, I feel a bit shiok!
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